My year without ‘Made In China’

By Sara Bongiorni | Thursday, July 19, 2007 | The Boston Globe

Sara Bongiorni is the author of “A Year without ‘Made in China’: One Family’s True Life Adventure in the Global Economy.” Here she gives a capsule version of her book, in response to a reporter’s question about what American consumers could do to protect themselves from potentially toxic products from China. Bottom line: Chinese made goods are everywhere and a “normal” American life is impossible without them; labels tell us almost nothing; Chinese ingredients and materials are frequently present in goods labeled as non-Chinese. Fascinating stuff…BS

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/07/19/my_year_without_made_in_china?mode=PF

 

 

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